What I would like to see

[Tim]

As much as I enjoy the films, and am looking forward to Friday so I 
can see this current one, the books do tend to reach a reader on a 
more personal level than the films do.  In contrast, LoTR films, by 
being true to the spirit of the 1200+ page novel, really deliver an 
emotional punch.  The main problem with the HP series, IMHO, is that 
we don't know where we're going yet.  We still have two more novels 
to go.  All the films would be much better if they were following the 
emotional core of the book series, but we don't know what the true 
emotional core is until the series is finished.  I think they may 
have started the films too soon.  Now, I like Dan, Emma, Rupert, and 
the rest.  So, what I would like to see... in about 15 years or so, 
is a 7 year TV series, or a complex mini-series (filmed over a 7 year 
period).  Follow the series from beginning to end with the same group 
of actors.  This would allow to follow more closely, not only the 
events in the books, but also the emotional overtone.  Not to 
mention, it'd give us a chance to find out more details than are even 
in the books.  Anyhow... that's what I'd like to see.

Tim